Where does “땅강아지” come from?
땅강아지 (Korean) comes from Korean 강아지, from Korean 가히, from Korean -히, from Korean —이, from Middle Korean 이 — person.
땅강아지 (Korean): mole cricket
Definitions
- mole cricket
Ancestry of “땅강아지”, step by step
땅강아지 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Korean 강아지
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Korean | 강아지 | puppy; dog, doggy |
| 2 | Korean | 가히 | rightly (so); readily |
| 3 | Korean | -히 | ly; an adverb-deriving suffix, attaching primarily to adjectives formed by the light verb |
| 4 | Korean | —이 | For non-honorific nouns ending in consonants, the nominative case particle marking it as the subject of a verb or adjective; see also Usage Notes |
| 5 | Middle Korean | 이 | person |
via Korean 땅
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Korean | 땅 | earth, land |